Japanese Grand Prix 2022

Suzuka
9 October 2022
28 laps
162.3 km
5.807 km a lap
Title decided here

Pole positionMax VerstappenRed Bull · 1:29.304
Fastest lapGuanyu Zhou1:44.411 · lap 20
Winner started fromP1on the grid
Driver of the DaySebastian Vettel16.3% of the fan vote

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Max Verstappen	1	Red Bull · RBPT	1	28	3:01:44.004	25
2	Sergio Pérez	11	Red Bull · RBPT	4	28	+27.066	18
3	Charles Leclerc	16	Ferrari	2	28	+31.763+5.000 penalty	15
4	Esteban Ocon	31	Alpine · Renault	5	28	+39.685	12
5	Lewis Hamilton	44	Mercedes	6	28	+40.326	10
6	Sebastian Vettel	5	Aston Martin · Mercedes	9	28	+46.358	8
7	Fernando Alonso	14	Alpine · Renault	7	28	+46.369	6
8	George Russell	63	Mercedes	8	28	+47.661	4
9	Nicholas Latifi	6	Williams · Mercedes	19	28	+1:10.143	2
10	Lando Norris	4	McLaren · Mercedes	10	28	+1:10.782	1
11	Daniel Ricciardo	3	McLaren · Mercedes	11	28	+1:12.877
12	Lance Stroll	18	Aston Martin · Mercedes	18	28	+1:13.904
13	Yuki Tsunoda	22	AlphaTauri · RBPT	13	28	+1:15.599
14	Kevin Magnussen	20	Haas · Ferrari	17	28	+1:26.016
15	Valtteri Bottas	77	Alfa Romeo · Ferrari	12	28	+1:26.496
16	Guanyu Zhoufastest lap	24	Alfa Romeo · Ferrari	14	28	+1:27.043
17	Mick Schumacher	47	Haas · Ferrari	15	28	+1:32.523
18	Pierre Gasly	10	AlphaTauri · RBPT	–	28	+1:48.091+20.000 penalty
DNF	Carlos Sainz Jr.	55	Ferrari	3	0	Accident
DNF	Alexander Albon	23	Williams · Mercedes	16	0	Collision damage

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Max Verstappen 27, Fernando Alonso 1. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 7	Lap 14	Lap 21	Finish	Laps led
Max Verstappen	1	1	1	1	1	27
Sergio Pérez	4	3	3	3	2
Charles Leclerc	2	2	2	2	3
Esteban Ocon	5	4	4	4	4
Lewis Hamilton	6	6	5	5	5
Sebastian Vettel	9	15	6	6	6
Fernando Alonso	7	5	7	7	7	1
George Russell	8	7	11	8	8
Nicholas Latifi	19	16	8	9	9
Lando Norris	10	17	9	10	10
Daniel Ricciardo	11	8	13	11	11
Lance Stroll	18	13	12	15	12
Yuki Tsunoda	13	10	10	16	13
Kevin Magnussen	17	11	14	12	14
Valtteri Bottas	12	18	15	13	15
Guanyu Zhou	14	12	17	17	16
Mick Schumacher	15	9	18	14	17
Pierre Gasly	–	14	16	18	18

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 60 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

Show as a table

Driver	Lap 7	Lap 14	Lap 21	Last lap
Max Verstappen	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sergio Pérez	+6.3	+15.6	+18.1	+27.1
Charles Leclerc	+1.3	+8.8	+16.1	+26.8
Esteban Ocon	+8.6	+21.8	+30.3	+39.7
Lewis Hamilton	+9.9	+22.2	+30.8	+40.3
Sebastian Vettel	+33.2	+28.2	+35.5	+46.4
Fernando Alonso	+9.4	+29.0	+36.7	+46.4
George Russell	+14.6	+40.0	+44.9	+47.7
Nicholas Latifi	+35.8	+35.6	+51.4	+70.1
Lando Norris	+39.0	+38.5	+55.9	+70.8
Daniel Ricciardo	+15.0	+43.7	+61.6	+72.9
Lance Stroll	+21.9	+42.3	+72.7	+73.9
Yuki Tsunoda	+18.6	+39.4	+78.6	+75.6
Kevin Magnussen	+20.8	+46.7	+66.4	+86.0
Valtteri Bottas	+42.9	+47.2	+66.7	+86.5
Guanyu Zhou	+21.7	+49.1	+79.5	+87.0
Mick Schumacher	+16.9	+59.5	+71.1	+86.0
Pierre Gasly	+25.9	+46.0	+81.5	+85.5

Qualifying

Knock-out in three parts since 2006: the slowest drop out after Q1 and Q2.

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.224	1:30.346	1:29.304
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.402	1:30.486	1:29.314
3	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:30.336	1:30.444	1:29.361
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:30.622	1:29.925	1:29.709
5	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:30.696	1:30.357	1:30.165
6	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.906	1:30.443	1:30.261
7	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:30.603	1:30.343	1:30.322
8	George Russell	Mercedes	1:30.865	1:30.465	1:30.389
9	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:31.256	1:30.656	1:30.554
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:30.881	1:30.473	1:31.003
11	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:30.880	1:30.659
12	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:31.226	1:30.709
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:31.130	1:30.808
14	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:30.894	1:30.953
15	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:31.152	1:31.439
16	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:31.311
17	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:31.322
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:31.352
19	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.419
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:31.511

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Sebastian Vettel	2	2, 5	24.218 s
Max Verstappen	2	2, 7	24.308 s
Lando Norris	2	2, 6	24.595 s
Mick Schumacher	2	2, 11	24.608 s
Nicholas Latifi	2	2, 5	24.785 s
Valtteri Bottas	2	2, 6	24.869 s
Lewis Hamilton	2	2, 7	25.059 s
Esteban Ocon	2	2, 7	25.172 s
Sergio Pérez	2	2, 7	25.322 s
Daniel Ricciardo	2	2, 8	25.377 s
Kevin Magnussen	2	2, 7	25.594 s
Charles Leclerc	2	2, 7	25.899 s
George Russell	2	2, 7	28.728 s
Yuki Tsunoda	3	2, 7, 20	23.756 s
Lance Stroll	3	2, 7, 19	23.870 s
Fernando Alonso	3	2, 8, 22	24.106 s
Guanyu Zhou	3	2, 9, 18	24.266 s
Pierre Gasly	4	1, 2, 7, 19	23.966 s

Every stop, lap by lap (42)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
1	Pierre Gasly	1	41.319 s
2	Max Verstappen	1	6:27.399 s
2	Charles Leclerc	1	6:29.973 s
2	Sergio Pérez	1	6:32.517 s
2	Esteban Ocon	1	6:33.601 s
2	Lewis Hamilton	1	6:36.504 s
2	Fernando Alonso	1	6:36.837 s
2	Lance Stroll	1	6:40.463 s
2	Mick Schumacher	1	6:40.857 s
2	George Russell	1	6:41.057 s
2	Daniel Ricciardo	1	6:41.749 s
2	Kevin Magnussen	1	6:42.029 s
2	Yuki Tsunoda	1	6:42.478 s
2	Lando Norris	1	6:46.256 s
2	Valtteri Bottas	1	6:47.553 s
2	Nicholas Latifi	1	6:47.673 s
2	Pierre Gasly	2	6:49.011 s
2	Sebastian Vettel	1	6:49.647 s
2	Guanyu Zhou	1	6:50.005 s
5	Sebastian Vettel	2	24.218 s
5	Nicholas Latifi	2	24.785 s
6	Lando Norris	2	24.595 s
6	Valtteri Bottas	2	24.869 s
7	Lance Stroll	2	24.005 s
7	Max Verstappen	2	24.308 s
7	Yuki Tsunoda	2	24.439 s
7	Pierre Gasly	3	24.966 s
7	Lewis Hamilton	2	25.059 s
7	Esteban Ocon	2	25.172 s
7	Sergio Pérez	2	25.322 s
7	Kevin Magnussen	2	25.594 s
7	Charles Leclerc	2	25.899 s
7	George Russell	2	28.728 s
8	Fernando Alonso	2	24.106 s
8	Daniel Ricciardo	2	25.377 s
9	Guanyu Zhou	2	24.563 s
11	Mick Schumacher	2	24.608 s
18	Guanyu Zhou	3	24.266 s
19	Lance Stroll	3	23.870 s
19	Pierre Gasly	4	23.966 s
20	Yuki Tsunoda	3	23.756 s
22	Fernando Alonso	3	24.123 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Guanyu Zhou	20	1:44.411
2	Fernando Alonso	25	1:44.412	+0.001
3	Charles Leclerc	10	1:44.489	+0.078
4	Max Verstappen	10	1:44.911	+0.500
5	Lance Stroll	21	1:45.205	+0.794
6	Pierre Gasly	22	1:45.387	+0.976
7	Lewis Hamilton	11	1:45.530	+1.119
8	Yuki Tsunoda	22	1:45.893	+1.482
9	Sergio Pérez	11	1:46.120	+1.709
10	Mick Schumacher	13	1:46.545	+2.134

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 18. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 18
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Max Verstappen	366
2	Sergio Pérez	253	▲1
3	Charles Leclerc	252	▼1
4	George Russell	207
5	Carlos Sainz Jr.	202
6	Lewis Hamilton	180
7	Lando Norris	101
8	Esteban Ocon	78
9	Fernando Alonso	65
10	Valtteri Bottas	46

Constructors' championship after round 18
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	Red Bull	619
2	Ferrari	454
3	Mercedes	387
4	Alpine	143	▲1
5	McLaren	130	▼1
6	Alfa Romeo	52
7	Aston Martin	45
8	Haas	34
9	AlphaTauri	34
10	Williams	8